Anna Fay Cockerham

Anna Fay Cockerham, 84, of Canton passed away Dec. 24, 2007, in Canton.

Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, at Eubank chapel in Canton with Rev. Don Childress and Rev. Tommy Robertson officiating.

Interment will be in Haven of Memories Memorial Park, Canton.

Mrs. Cockerham was born Oct. 2, 1923, in Myrtle Springs to Lester Floyd and Bettie Otella Vickers Johnson. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Canton. She married John Naville Cockerham on July 11, 1942. They moved to the Wentworth community in Van Zandt County in 1947, where they lived many happy years. She was known for her beautiful flowers and enjoyed working in her yard. Fay retired from Terrell State Hospital and went to work as an LVN at Heritage Manor Nursing Home of Canton, where she was loved by all the patients and their families. The care and comfort of the patients was very important to her.

Survivors include her husband of 65 years, John Naville Cockerham, Canton; daughters, Judy Howeth and husband Larry, LaRue, Gail Mayes and husband Bill, Brownsboro; son, Jeryl Don Cockerham and wife Benita, Canton; grandchildren, Tandy Howeth, Holly Baldwin, Ramona Cox, Kim Barnum, Derek Cockerham and Jared Cockerham; great-grandchildren, Tanner Burch, Cole Howeth, Lane Howeth, John Thomas Cox, Nathan Cox, Brittany Barnum, Cade Baldwin and Jack Darwyn Cockerham; sister, LaVern Wells, Grand Saline; and brother, Riley Jack Johnson, Canton.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Jean Muirbrook, Billie McCullough and Wanda Jo Maddox; and brothers, Edward Joyce Johnson and Martin Dwayne Johnson.

Pallbearers are Tandy Howeth, Heath Baldwin, Derek Cockerham, Jared Cockerham, John Thomas Cox and Tanner Burch.

Honorary pallbearer is Ronnie Seale.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., Seventh Floor, New York, N.Y. 10001.